Kusama stands for me as “ZERO”.
Being one of the first to have participated as a Zero artist Dancing together with Jan Schoonhoven (in the nude)
and after that building an oeuvre on just one pattern…the Polka dot.
i love these artist that stay true to their belief. Kusama is not the only one. Leblanc, Peeters and Schoonhoven ,all from this generation , stayed true to their art ” inventions” developing it into something very perosmnal , recognizable and in many cases a beautiful and impressive work of art.
Kusama participated in the first ZERO/Nul exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum, but beside that she had her Retrospektives held all over the world including the Tate Modern where a large rRetrospektive was held in 2012. Now she has turned into a grand old lady of Contemporary Art and perhaps together with Louise Bourgeois and Georgia O’Keefe she has given a feminine touch to Modern Art. http://www.ftn-books.com holds some excellent Kusama titles in its inventory.
